¨,=/†&§@@# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨¨¨=//&§@@ @@§&//=¨¨¨
¨¨¨,/†&&§@ @§&&†/,¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=†&§@@## #¨¨¨========¨¨¨# ##@@§&†=,¨
¨¨¨¨=//†§@ ####¨== fermi's paradox ==¨#### @§†//=¨¨¨¨
¨,/†&§@@## #¨¨¨========¨¨¨# ##@@§&†/,¨
¨,=//††§§@ @§§††//=,¨
¨¨¨,,/†§§@ on earth (the planet where i live) a @§§†/,,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=†&@ lot of us have antennas on our houses @&†=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨==///&@ or balconies, we have built large @&///==¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@@ antennas for larger bandwith, we have @@@§&†/=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=†§§ build specialized antennaes for §§†=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨=/†&§ specific wavelengths (and sent them §&†/=¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@## into orbit), we've built large as fuck ##@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# antenna arrays #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&&§§@ we've virtually built an antenna with a @§§&&†/=,¨
¨¨¨,,//†§@ dish as large as earth. @§†//,,¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨¨¨==/††§@ we've learned about our position in the @§††/==¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§§@@ solar system, our solar systems @@§§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@## placement in the galaxy, and our ##@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†§@@## galaxys placement in the local cluster, ##@@§†/=,¨
¨,/†&§@@## and =our= local clusters place in the ##@@§&†/,¨
¨¨¨¨¨==†§@ grand scheme of things @§†==¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=†&§@@## ##@@§&†=,¨
¨,=/†&@@## and we're moving around the sun at ##@@&†/=,¨
¨,=/†§@@## velocity and the suns moving around the ##@@§†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@@ center of the galaxy at velocity and @@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# the galaxy is moving toward andromeda #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&&§@@ and we're both moving anticlockwise @@§&&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# around the galaxy. and we as a species #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§§§@ have learned to take all that in account @§§§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# and despite all this, despite all our #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@## (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar ##@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# radio programmes out in fucking space #@@§&†/=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,/&§§ at the speed of light (light is our §§&/,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), #@@§&†/=,¨
¨¨¨¨,=††§@ despite ghosts helping and the @§††=,¨¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# collective consciousness lowpass #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# filtering, despite our very obvious #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# beaming of all our secrets in every #@@§&†/=,¨
¨¨¨¨,=/†§§ direction known to us, §§†/=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=/††&§ §&††/=,¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@@ no ¨ one ¨ has ¨ answered @@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@## ##@§&†/=,¨
,=/†&§@@## #¨¨¨========¨¨¨# ##@@§&†/=,
¨¨¨¨¨=††§§ ####¨== fermi's paradox ==¨#### §§††=¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@## #¨¨¨========¨¨¨# ##@§&†/=,¨
¨,===/&&§@ @§&&/===,¨
¨¨¨¨,//&@@ so why is that? @@&//,¨¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# most opponents to intelligent life in #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@## the universe say it's because you need ##@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@## a class one-or-the-other star and the ##@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@## planet needs to be at a see-and-so ##@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# distance away from the star (like there #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†§@@## has to be a planet!) ##@@§†/=,¨
¨¨¨¨=†&&@@ @@&&†=¨¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# but really isn't that keeping the #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,==//&&§@ definition of life really lax? @§&&//==,¨
¨,=/†&§@@@ @@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# i think everyone agrees that we have no #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# idea what we're doing (and it probably #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,,,=††&@@ shows) @@&††=,,,¨
¨¨¨,////&@ @&////,¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #¨¨¨========¨¨¨# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨¨¨,=//††§ ####¨== fermi's paradox ==¨#### §††//=,¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #¨¨¨========¨¨¨# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@@ @@@§&†/=,¨
,=/†&§@@## i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ##@@§&†/=,
¨¨¨=/†&§§@ this year and try to snatch some beers @§§&†/=¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@# from the local beer thing #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§§§@ @§§§&†/=,¨
¨¨¨¨=/&§@@ @@§&/=¨¨¨¨
¨,=/†&§@@@ @@@§&†/=,¨
¨,=/†&§@@# #@@§&†/=,¨